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Asphalt & Rubber published an essay examining where the range-topping Africa Twin now stands following the arrival of the new Honda Transalp. It explores how the two adventure models — middleweight and large-displacement — divide their roles within Honda's lineup.
It's an interesting theme how a middleweight adventure getting stronger raises questions about the big Africa Twin's reason to exist. In my book, what really pays off on forest and gravel roads is lightness and manageability. Once a middleweight like the Transalp gets serious, big displacement stops being automatically justified. Good question.
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What's the Transalp's displacement? Which one's more beginner-friendly, this or the Africa Twin...?
They talk about market segmentation, but there's a real theory that the Ténéré 700 alone covers everything.
For someone who remembers the old V-twin Transalp, just seeing the name come back is already great.
Having nearly double the displacement and still overlapping in use case sounds like a Honda lineup-organization problem.
The Africa Twin can go serious both on trails and long distance, so I think it's in a different category.
Honestly the Transalp 750 is enough for most people. The Africa Twin's pricey and heavy.
Exactly, the 750's plenty — how many people actually need the 1100?
